Rishi Sunak

Rishi Sunak (12 May 1980-) was the Conservative Party MP for Richmond (Yorkshire) from 7 May 2015, succeeding William Hague. He also served as Chancellor of the Exchequer from 13 February 2020, succeeding Sajid Javid.

Biography
Rishi Sunak was born in Southampton, Hampshire, England on 12 May 1980, the grandson of Punjabi immigrants from East Africa. He worked as a Goldman Sachs investment banker and as the director of an investment firm before entering politics with the Conservative Party. He was elected to Parliament as the Tory MP for Richmond in Yorkshire in 2015, and he became a close ally of Boris Johnson, during whose premiership Sunak became a rising star in the Conservative Party. Sunak served in Johnson's Cabinet as Chief Secretary to the Treasury from 2019 to 2020 and as Chancellor of the Exchequer from 2020, replacing Sajid Javid after a cabinet reshuffle.